Graphics + Frames

Insert a graphic

1. Choose File > Place to place a graphic (or multiple graphics) in your document.
2. Click Open. If a frame is selected before placing, the graphic is placed within the frame. You can also click to place a graphic into an existing empty frame or create a frame as you place a graphic.
3. With the Selection tool in the toolbox, drag a corner point of a graphic frame to resize the frame and reveal or hide parts of the image.
4. Drag within the graphic area (not the center) to reposition the graphic and the frame.

Note: An image cannot exist without a frame. If you do not intentionally place the image in an existing frame, a frame will be created.

Transform graphics and frames

• With the Selection tool, click a graphic to select it. Drag a corner to resize the frame, not the graphic, hiding or revealing parts of the graphic.
• Press Control+Shift (Windows) or Command+Shift (macOS) and drag a corner to resize the frame and the graphic within.
• Move the pointer into the center of a frame, and a disc-shaped circle appears, called the Content Grabber. Click the Content Grabber to select the graphic within the frame. Any transformations, such as resizing or rotating, will now apply to the graphic and not the frame. Press the Escape key to select the graphic frame again.
• Flip graphics horizontally or vertically, or rotate them by changing values in the Transform section of the Properties panel.
• Apply fitting commands to selected graphics by selecting a fitting command in the Properties panel to achieve a perfect fit.

Fit an object to its frame

You can use the Object > Fitting commands to achieve a perfect fit if the frame and its content are of different sizes.

Unless Auto-Fit is checked, resizing the frame will not automatically resize the image. 

Select the frame. Go to Object > Fitting and select any of the following options:

• Fill Frame Proportionally: Resizes content to fill the entire frame while preserving the content’s proportions.
• Fit Content Proportionally: Resizes content to fit a frame while preserving the content proportions.
• Content-Aware Fit: Automatically fits an image inside the frame based on the image content and frame size. 
• Fit Frame To Content: Resizes the frame to fit the content.
• Fit Content To Frame: Resizes content to fit the frame.
• Center Content: Centers content within a frame.
• Clear Frame Fitting Options: Removes undesired fitting settings applied with Auto-Fit.